JohnC

I was appointed executor by the family of a friend who had passed away as they did not want to come to Thailand, I had to appear in court to get probate which the bank asked for before I could close the account . Probate took six months and cost 50,000 baht. In this case it included, house, contents, car and substantial bank deposit. 

My letter from the British Embassy took less than a week, that was last month, and it is sent EMS , has to be signed for. 

I paid 200 baht each for mine in Pattaya! 

What the bank are asking for is probate which is normal, this gives the executor powers to close any bank accounts and dispose of any assets , it is not normally understood that even with a will you need to go to court for probate. Average cost is 50,000 baht legal fees. 

Not joking, I have details of two such companies both operate out of Bangkok but obviously the plane covers Thailand, you can even purchase repatriation costs. 

A number of company's sell pre-paid funeral plans somewhere between 30 - 40K

What is your home country? For example UK passports can carry forward up to nine months from an old passport so in effect on your new passport you get ten years nine months. On receipt of the new passport go to immigration and they will transfer your details to your new passport then when that extension expires in August you can apply for a new extention as normal. The scenario you are describing means you would pay for two extensions @ 1900 baht each. 

I have my state pension paid into my BKK account, I actually went into the local branch once and got a print out of the transfer, there is a charge, now I have internet banking BKK send me a SMS when my pension arrives, they tell me the rate and the charges, usually 110 baht, as I use Internet banking to pay  my bills this suits me !

Sent you a PM 

Contact one of the sponsors here, AA insurance. 

No idea, however it's not Campbell's they stock it's Baxters, as does Big C,mope that helps. 

Foodland stock Campbell's split pea & ham 

You can renew yourself at Big C on Pattaya Tai, every Saturday morning, open at 9 am 

I have just finished the full routine (for me) at Jomtien Immigration (Soi5) this is a report of my personal experience. 

End of March received new passport, went to Immigration, details transferred from old passport, (no charge)picked up next day, went straight to 90 day reporting, I was asked verbally to confirm my address, I confirmed and added I have lived there for eleven years (company house) . I then applied to British Embassy for proof of income letter,  received this and waited until Songran mayhem finished. Went back to immigration last Friday and submitted paperwork for new extension, collected passport this morning complete with new extention and then submitted paperwork for re-entry permit, all completed I left the office having been there one hour. 

My extension is marked "retirement" it is not a visa. At no time during any of the above procedures was I asked to complete a TM30, I have never completed one in the past and this was my twelfth extension. Hope this info is helpful but TIT and someone else could have a different experience, I can only report on mine. 

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Villa Market & Makro stock them ( not cheap)

Well it wasn't a wedding and they are not married ! Gay marriage is not recognised in Thailand so it was just a very expensive off fee! 

8 hours ago, robertson468 said:

I wish someone would tell Reuters that when the British Union FLAG is flown from a flag pole it is 'THE UNION FLAG.  It only becomes a Union Jack when it is flown off the stern of one of Her Majesty's Royal Navy Ships!  I am inclined to agree that this is a stunt by the Spanish to distract people from other issues on Brexit.  Keep calm team and crack on with the other stuff.  Gibraltar will never, ever be ceded to Spain and the EU do not have the authority to overturn the Agreement of Utrecht.  Spain might like to return a couple of Island to Morocco that they stole!

The Union Jack is never flown from the stern of the Royal Navy ships ! 

How does Dubai compare with Swampy on DF tobacco prices?

I renewed my passport last week, last year I received a "proof of life" letter from the UK pensions so I used their covering letter and that worked. From application to receipt of passport was two weeks! 

Makro stock the frozen variety.

In Pattaya the average annual audit fee is 9000 baht plus 3000 baht tax , to sell the company you just need to change Company Director, fee is 10000 baht normally split 50/50 with the purchaser. 

I used them to transfer £ from UK , very happy with the service, took one day from leaving my UK bank to arrive in my Thai bank with reasonable charges. 

I suspect the hospital in Pattaya are going to start me on insulin, anyone know the cost? 

Nonghin , turn left at the 7/11 after Collingbournes, half way down on the left is a gym , I think it's called Eurogym 

This is is the one I bought in Homeworks, apologies for the original spelling error :-( 

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